“You wouldn’t download a car.”
Sounds like it’s time to turn my phone into a car already.
Submitted 5 days ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.engadget.com/volkswagen-and-rivian-agree-to-5-billion-partnership-230421407.html
“You wouldn’t download a car.”
Sounds like it’s time to turn my phone into a car already.
Don’t give Apple any ideas
They just disbanded that project.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 5 days ago
Big oof.
crawancon@lemm.ee 5 days ago
that sounds just awful
markon@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You Lemmy drones to are the same as the Reddit ones thinking they smart but no one here smart including me because I posted this comment
asbestos@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Enshittification on another whole level
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Yay, subscriptions for everything! Car as a service! What’s not to like?? 🤮
catloaf@lemm.ee 5 days ago
So I just need to run an Ansible playbook and my sedan turns into a pickup truck?
mortalic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Isn’t this more or less what Tesla did?
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 5 days ago
I don’t know if they were the first, but they’re one of the most notorious offenders.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 5 days ago
VW has been doing it for years anyway.
Multiple features of their infotainment are there but softlocked out, the engines on the more powerful trim levels aren’t different or tuned, it’s just a different ecu map, etc.
fluxion@lemmy.world 5 days ago
With the entire vehicle constructed from IoT components